The Rev. W. Marion Isham (1831-1904) and his family came to Tarrant County
from Georgia about 1870. Soon after arriving in the area Isham donated a
one-acre plot of land to be used for a community cemetery. The oldest remaining
legible grave marker here is that of N.L. Sweet (1824-1870), although earlier
burials are documented by plain sandstone markers. Approximately five acres
were added to the graveyard in 1941. Still in operation as a community burial
ground, the historic graveyard is maintained by the Isham Cemetery Association.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.

Isham Cemetery is located in the 7100 block of Kuban Blvd., in far east Fort
Worth. The address shown with the historical marker is 7100 John T.
White Road, but this appears to be the back gate. The cemetery stretches
between John T. White and Kuban and is behind the houses on the west side
of Williams Road.